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30th November 2005 23:00#2

I like slipcovers...but not if they are the SAME exact thing as the covers. I like it if it's completely different, or like "The Ring Two: Unrated"'s slipcover, which changed colors and stuff. But they do make the package look better.

1st December 2005 23:28#10

£ukasz D wrote: sorry to ask..but i'm not sure..whatis "slipcover"....?? It's a kind of cover that protects the movie case (R1's most recent was Stealth, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Skeleton Key, and War of the Worlds).

2nd December 2005 15:50#11

Mark Lim wrote: Slip covers are great!! They keep the dvd cover looking brand new even after 6 months. No more changing DVD covers when it looks bad or ugly.

I hate to think of what you are doing to your DVDs that you need a slipcover to protect them to make them look like new after 6 months. I have DVDs that are 6 years old that still look like new with no slip covers.

I don't particularly like them as they are generally flimsy and get destroyed way too easily and I am anal about keeping all the packaging that things come in.

2nd December 2005 16:30#12

I don't need a slipcover. If they are there, I'm happy with it, but not to the extent that I must have it. I just like to upkeep my 380+ DVD collection, so that the box covers especially don't look old or ugly. I can buy a good dvd cover for around AU$1.00 each.

3rd December 2005 19:03#14

3rd December 2005 23:00#15

I like them, even if I didnt though I dont think its something id complain about it wouldnt bug me. But, the only problem I do have is when they put big stickers on theM! I bought House of Wax and I liked the slip it had the girl a little 3D popping out of the page but in the right hand corner there was a big sticker saying Save $5 and I tried to get it off even with water but it ripped all the stuff underneath w/ it!(N)!

21st December 2005 1:56#19

I love them!!! When buying dvds in the store, if I see a dvd I want that no longer comes with the slipcover because its older, and I know that it used to come with one, I'll look on ebay for one that has the slipcover. I don't mind spending an extra few bucks for it either.

I bought Total Recall off of Amazon, got it in without the slipcover, then bought one in the store with the slipcover (hey, its shiny!) for about 7 bucks, and sold the old one to a friend for about 4 bucks. So I lost a few dollars, but its worth it. I\'m a dvd perfectionist.

28th December 2005 3:53#22

12th January 2006 21:17#23

Bob "the film man" wrote: I wish they wouldn't cut the barcode out of the slipcovers as that makes them rip a lot easier when first sliding them out after bringing them home.

The reason they do that is because people had been replacing cheaper DVDs with more expensive ones. So if someone put, for instance, a $25 DVD in a splipcase of a movie that only costs $15, then that's what they get charged...

Personally, I don't mind slipcases, but as someone mentioned, when there are stickers, they're tough to get off. But, either way I don't care.

13th January 2006 7:07#26

They have become so popular that many previously released DVDs are showing up at Walmart with new shiny silver slipcovers. Fox has been doing this through Walmart as their "Spotlight Collection." I think its a nice touch.

8th March 2006 16:46#30

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